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Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published June 1973 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Brighton's Records Lost and Found, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 1, article, pp.7-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published September 1973 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Overseers and the Poor, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.35-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Hickstead Place Account Book, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.47-48) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A discussion of the importance of sources other than parish registers for learning about the lives of ancestors.  This discussion is primarily about the Lords of Twineham manor and the Stapley family and covers the years 1642 - 1745.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published December 1973 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Tillinghast Genealogy, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 3, article, pp.57-59) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A discussion of the Tillinghurst family descending from John Tillinghast and Alice Pardon mainly two sons, Pardom, 1601 and John 1604. Article covers the years 1230 - 1645 in the parish of Street, Sussex

Cuckfield Furnaces - a new discovery, by Michael J. Burchall, published Summer 1973 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 6, article, pp.6-7) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

While tracing the descent of the Jenner family of Cuckfield, I came across a Will which indicates the presence of two previously un-noted furnaces. Members of W.I.R.G. will perhaps excuse me for first of all tracing the descent of one of the properties but it may be of future interest in just how long the furnaces were in operation.

An Index to East Sussex Parish Records, Non-Conformist Records & Monumental Inscriptions, 1275-1870, by Michael J Burchall, published 1974 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3637]

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published March 1974 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Tillinghast Genealogy (continued), by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 4, article, pp.85-88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 5, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published June 1974 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Roman Catholics in Sussex 1715, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 5, article, pp.115-116) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of Roman Catholics in Sussex giving name, residence and value of estate

A Missing Will Preserved, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 5, article, pp.139-141) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Vestry Minute book of Rotherfield deposited at E.S.R.O. contains copies of two wills. Richard Austin - 5 October 1522 and Robert Mason - 1 January 1526

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 6, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published September 1974 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Discovering Putative Fathers, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1974 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 6, article, pp.150-153) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Discussion of why fathers of illegitimate children were sought after with sample entries from Quarter Sessions records of Sussex bastardy actions: 1642 - 1755

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 7, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published December 1974 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Military Marriages, Part 1 1750-1812, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1975 (pamphlet, 65 pp., Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6100] & The Keep [LIB/501240] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Index of East Sussex Parish Records, 1275-1870, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1975 (pamphlet, Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5907]

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 1 no. 8, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published March 1975 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Joseph Stedman - A Discovery, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 8, article, pp.232-234) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Included is an inventory of all the goods and chattells, rents and credits of Joseph Stedman

Dissenters' Indictments, 1624-27, 1681, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 8, article, pp.244-249) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of people who had not attended church for three successive Sundays. Article covers the years 1624 - 1681 in the parishes of Chichester, Lewes, and Arundel

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published June 1975 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Hailsham Marriages 1558-1600, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 1, article, pp.2-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published September 1975 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall and Stephen E. T. Warden, published December 1975 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Lewes Archdeaconry Wills, 1528-1543. A Genealogical and Topographical Abstract, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1975 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.97-104) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1976 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Jordans of Gatwick in Charlwood - An outline History, 1287-1750, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 4, article, pp.112-121) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 5, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1976 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 6, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1976 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Huggetts on Sunday, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 6, article, pp.186-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 7, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1976 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Pardon Family of Street, Ditchling, Hailsham and Dallington, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 7, article, pp.228-233) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Heathfield Emigrants to America, 1830-31, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 7, article, pp.242-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Non-Conformist Registers, vol 1, by Michael Burchall, published 1977 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6625]

A Catalogue of Sussex Quarter Sessions Settlement Orders and Cases, Part 1 1661-1700, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1977 (pamphlet, Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6352] & West Sussex Libraries

Sussex Non-Conformist Registers, vol 2, by Michael J. Burchall, published 1977 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12119]

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 2 no. 8, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1977 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Further Light on East Sussex Emigration, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 8, article, pp.263-268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 3 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1977 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 3 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1977 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Rowe's Ancestry - The Drewes of East Grinstead, by M. J. B., published September 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 2, article, pp.38-45) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author proves that the coat of arms of John Rowe is fraudulent. He has traced the family, provided a family tree and covers the years 1400 - 1662 in the parish of East Grinstead

Peculiar Wills, by M. J. B., published September 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 2, article, pp.53-54) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 3 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1977 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Non-Conformist Registers, vol 3, by Michael J. Burchall, published 1978 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12120]

A Catalogue of Sussex Quarter Sessions Settlement Orders and Cases, Part 2 1701-1729, by Michael J Burchall, published 1978 (pamphlet, Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9753] & West Sussex Libraries

Eastern Sussex Workhouse Census 1851, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1978 (booklet, 48 pp., Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6764] & The Keep [LIB/501296] & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 3 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1978 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

East Grinstead Settlement Acknowledgements, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 4, article, pp.105-109) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 3 no. 5, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1978 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Martyr Descent, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 5, article, pp.137-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A family tree from John Morris 1490 - whose wife and son were burned at the stake for protestant belief. Article covers the years 1465 - 1973 in the parish of Heathfield, Buxted, Maresfield and Victoria Australia

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 3 no. 6, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1978 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Emigrants, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 6, article, pp.162-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Passage was paid for emigrants to go to Australia and Canada. Listed by date, ship, name, age and place of embarkation and covers the years 1838 - 1857 in the parish of Salehurst

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 3 no. 7, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1978 (Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Aliases, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 7, article, pp.214-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Eastern Sussex Settlement Certificates 1670-1832, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1979 (Occasional Papers No. 1, 64 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7299] & The Keep [LIB/502035] & East Sussex Libraries

Brighton Presbyterian Registers, 1700-1837, by M. J. Burchall, published 1979 (pamphlet, iv + 32 pp., Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7146] & The Keep [LIB/501286] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex Non-Conformist Registers, vol 4, by Michael J. Burchall, published 1979 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12121]

Sussex Non-Conformist Registers, vol 5, by Michael J. Burchall, published 1979 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12122]

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 1 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1979 (Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Hastings Gaoler's Murder, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 1, article, pp.10-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The story of John Murdock otherwise known as Joseph Williams

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 1 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1979 (Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Rowlands of Horsham, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.65-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Rowland family has been settled in the parish of Horsham from early in the 16th century, originating from one of three brothers living there. It was then of sufficient standing for two of these brothers to be buried within the parish church. For over 250 years the family had a close association with the General Baptist chapels of Horsham and Ditchling, and supplied a minister at Horsham in Stephen Rowland 1777-1786

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 1 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1979 (Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Ridge Family of Sussex, by J. C. Ridge and M. J. Burchall, published December 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 3, article, pp.89-98) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187][Lib/504141] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The story of the Ridge family who have been settled in Sussex for at least 450 years commencing with John Ridge of Ovingdean, husbandman, b.c.1510.

The Ridge Family of Sussex, by J. C. Ridge and M. J. Burchall, published 1980 (Occasional Papers No. 2, pamphlet, 98 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7649]

Sussex Hearth Tax Assessments 1662: 1 - Lewes Rape, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1980 (Occasional Papers No. 3, 36 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISBN-10: 0907084001 & ISBN-13: 9780907084006) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7382] & The Keep [LIB/501292] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 1 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1980 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Lowdell Family, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 4, article, pp.138-145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Lowdell family has been either settled or connected with Sussex for about 250 years. Their connections with the medical profession is only slightly longer.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 2 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1980 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Snashall Family, Quakers and Blacksmiths, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 1, article, pp.11-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 2 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1980 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Dicker Independent Chapel and MIs, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 2, article, pp.81-82) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 2 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1980 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

West Sussex Settlement Certificates: 1. Billingshurst, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1980 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 3, article, pp.118-124) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Non-Conformist Registers, vol 6 Index, by Michael J. Burchall, published c.1981 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12123]

Sussex Hearth Tax Assessments 1662: 2 - Pevensey Rape, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1981 (Occasional Papers No. 4, 77 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7650] & The Keep [LIB/501293] & East Sussex Libraries

A Guide to Sussex Probate Records, by M. J. Burchall, published 1981 (pamphlet, Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7738] & The Keep [LIB/501291] & West Sussex Libraries

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 2 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1981 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

West Sussex Settlement Certificates: 2. Steyning & 3. Storrington, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 4, article, pp.149-153) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8671] & The Keep [LIB/501188] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 3 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1981 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

West Sussex Settlement Certificates: 4. Wisborough Green, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 1, article, pp.19-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 3 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1981 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Parish Registers: a reliable source for the genealogist and family historian?, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 2, article, pp.45-49) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 3 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1981 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Parish Registers: a reliable source for the genealogist and family historian? - 2, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 3, article, pp.95-100) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

West Sussex Settlement Certificates: 5. West Grinstead, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1981 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 3, article, pp.107-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A Catalogue of Sussex Quarter Sessions Settlement Orders and Cases, Part 3 1730-1749, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1982 (pamphlet, Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9751] & West Sussex Libraries

A Guide to Sussex Probate Records, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 1982 (Occasional Papers No. 7, pamphlet, 15 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISBN-13: 9780907084068) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7738] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 3 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1982 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8892] & The Keep [LIB/501189] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 4 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1982 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 4 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1982 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Arundel's Parish Records, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.52-56) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 4 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1982 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Inhabitants of Rye in 1660, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 3, article, pp.97-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

A Catalogue of Sussex Diaries, compiled by M. J. Burchall, published 1983 (Occasional Papers No. 9, 16 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISBN-13: 9780907084112) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501288] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Richard Maynard - Yeoman and Ironmaster, by Michael J. Burchall, published 1983 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 3, article, pp.18-24) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

Richard Maynard of Copyhold Farm at Hamsell in Rotherfield was the eldest son of John Maynard (d.1592) of Mead Farm in the same parish. He was a substantial yeoman farmer with interests in at least two farms, and in addition derived considerable income as an ironmaster. Shortly before 1603 he rebuilt Copyhold Farm which in that year, together with his other lands held of Rotherfield Manor, were enfranchised. He also held a lease of Birchden Farm valued at his death at %pound;30. He was one of a number of joint occupiers of Old Mill Furnace in Mayfield but his interest there may only have been as a feofee of John Baker the owner. He held Birchden Forge of Baker, who had purchased it in 1617 of the Earl of Dorset. It is also likely that he had some business connection with Hamsell Furnace in Rotherfield, owned by the Dyke family into which his son married. He died 12 January 1619 and was buried at Rotherfield the following day, leaving a son Richard then under age. On Richard obtaining his majority in 1623, an Inquisition Post Mortem was held on the father at Horsham, 20 August, and Richard declared heir. Three years later, in 1626, Richard married Mary, daughter of the ironmaster-rector of Frant, William Dyke, and died 29 October 1631 aged 29 leaving two young children Elizabeth and William Maynard.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 4 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1983 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The James Family of East Sussex, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.145-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 5 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1983 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Chiddingly 1661-1851: A Population Study, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 1, article, pp.23-31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 5 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1983 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Chiddingly 1661-1851: A Population Study, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 2, article, pp.55-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 5 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1983 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Deputy Earls Marshall and the Howard Family, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 3, article, pp.91-94) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

East Sussex Contributors to the Relief of Irish Protestants, 1642, compiled by M. J. Burchall, published 1984 (Occasional Papers No. 10, pamphlet, 80 pp., Sussex Genealogical Centre) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9096] & The Keep [LIB/501287]

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 5 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1984 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Rev'd Anthony Huggett (c.1585-1647): A Footnote, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1984 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, pp.21-22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9788] & The Keep [LIB/501258] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 6 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1984 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Eastbourne Men at War in 1803: A Census of male inhabitants aged 17-55, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 1, article, pp.25-31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 6 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1984 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

John Nicholl's Westham Census, 1751, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 2, article, pp.51-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 6 no. 3, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1984 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Grantham Family, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1984 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 3, article, p.88) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 6 no. 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1985 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Examination of Winchelsea Paupers 1734-1847, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 6 no. 4, article, pp.135-140) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501192] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 7 no. 1, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1985 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Examination of Winchelsea Paupers 1734-1847 - Part 2, by Michael Burchall, published June 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 1, article, pp.31-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 7 no. 2, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1985 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Inventories in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1661-1725, by John Farrant and Michael Burchall, published September 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 2, article, pp.65-67) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Examination of Winchelsea Paupers 1734-1847 - Part 3, by Michael Burchall, published September 1985 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 2, article, pp.71-74) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, vol. 7 nos. 3 & 4, edited by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1986 (Sussex Genealogical Centre, ISSN: 0143-9693) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Mediaeval Family History: The Montacutes and dating a Battle Abbey Deed, by M. J. Burchall, F.S.G., published March 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 5, article, pp.155-159) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508820] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Richard Fitzwilliam married Isabel de Warenne and their eldest son John was the first to bear the surname Montacute.

A Brighton Celebrity: James Botting the Executioner, by Michael Burchall, published March 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 1, article, pp.5-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The expanded and corrected story of James Botting (1783-1837) who, in his professional capacity, executed possibly 175 individuals.

An outline history of Woolborough Manor, by Michael J. Burchall, F.S.G., published September 2001 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 7, article, pp.254-262) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The history of Woolborough manor in the parish of Worth from 1296 when William de Wolbergh paid a subsidy 3s 6d, to Thomas Welbergh who died in 1350, to Elizabeth the widow of Sir Thomas Uvedale holding Wolborough Manor in 1476, to 1570 when the Manor was settled on Thomas Mitchell and in 1574 when it was acquired by Henry Bowyer. Before 1652 the Manor had been transferred to Thomas Whitfield and then through marriage the Manor transferred Sir William More in 1670.

The Blasts and Fenners of Crawley, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 2001 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 8, article, pp.323-327) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of two Crawley families - Blast and Fenner. A Robert Blast first appears in Crawley c.1353 and is the father of a Thomas Blast whose story and descendants are explored by the author. The Blast inheritance passed through the heiress of a William Blast to her Fenner descendants.

Rumboldswyke Manor: a reappraisal of its medieval lords, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 1, article, pp.20-25) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Ifield Manor: A Medieval Confusion Unravelled, by Michael J. Burchall, published Spring 2002 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 69, article, p.40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/69] & The Keep [LIB/500493]

Rumboldswhyke Manor: a reappraisal of its medieval lands, by Michael J. Burchall, published Autumn 2002 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 70, article, p.2) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/70] & The Keep [LIB/500494]

A medieval Sussex heiress, by Michael Burchall, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.332-337) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Isabel Le Count, daughter of Sir John Le Count (c.1180-c.1260) and her marriages to Sir William Hastentot (died 1272) and Sir William de Goldingham (died 1289/90)

The Ferring family of the 11th-14th centuries, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 3, article, pp.139-145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508836] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Delves of Hastings and the Coronation of Charles II, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 4, article, pp.167-173) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508837] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of Thomas Delves (1613-1669), his descendants and ancestors.

The Manor of Shiremark, 1387-1625, by Michael J. Burchall, published Autumn 2004 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 73, article, p.20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/73] & The Keep [LIB/500497]

The Medieval Sheriffs of Surrey and Sussex 1066-1400, by Michael J Burchall, published 2005 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15543]

Sussex Quarter Sessions: Settlement Cases 1750-69, by Michael J Burchall, published 2005 (pamphlet, Sussex Family History Group) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15521] & West Sussex Libraries

Michael de Appuldram and the Beche family of Battle, by Michael J Burchall, published March 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 1, article, p.44) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508985] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The family of Thomas Jardyn, Sheriff of Sussex, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 3, article, pp.122-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508987] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative description of probable ancestors of Thomas Jardyn who died in 1410 and twice held the office of Sherriff of Surrey and Sussex during the reign of King Richard II.

A most extraordinary Poor Law case, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 4, article, pp.171-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508988] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 17 July 1777 the Justices for East Sussex sitting in Quarter Sessions at Lewes heard a remarkable appeal from the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Waldron against a local magistrate's order removing the Rev Robert Wilson, clerk, his wife Mary and son John aged about eight from the parish of Wadhurst to that of Waldron. Robert Wilson had married Mary Atwood on 29 April 1768 at Whatlington and they had one child, John.

Sussex migrants in Surrey: the Burchall family of Guildford, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 5, article, pp.245-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508989] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of the Burchall family which results in a family tree beginning with Richard Burchall buried 1571 Guildford.

Lord Selsey's memorial: serendipity in Hertfordshire, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 8, article, pp.368-371) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508992] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Memorials to John Peachey (1749-1816), second Baron Selsey of West Dean and third baronet and to Hester Elizabeth Jennings (1754-1837), relict of John Baron Lord Selsey.

1066-1400 Medieval Sheriffs of Sussex and Surrey, by Michael Burchall, published 2008 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BPS7, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504795][LIB/501588][Lib/503510]

A detailed historical study by Michael Burchall FSG listing all the Sheriffs and explaining their role.

1661-1800 Sussex Poor 1, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2008 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BPS6, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501589][Lib/504790]

Full details of 8000 Quarter Session cases involving 20,000 people (criminals and victims, apprentices, bastardy, lunatics, settlement, workhouses, gaols, soldiers ..) from all nine Sussex venues. Transcribed and indexed by Michael Burchall FSG.

A homeless cleric in 1670, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 1, article, pp.12-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508968] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In a recent issue of Sussex Family Historian (Vol 17, No 4, December 2006, pp171-175) it was noted that in 1777 an East Sussex parson was brought before the Quarter Sessions justices and that a removal order was confirmed for him and his family under the Old Poor Laws. It was stated that this may have been a unique case, but recently a further case brought under similar legislation over a hundred years earlier has been found. At the Chichester Sessions held 11 and 12 April 1670, a complaint was made to the justices as follows: "On the complaint of Abel STEPNEY of [West] Chiltington, clerk, late curate, that he wants a present habitation for himself and his family, the overseers and churchwarden are ordered to provide the same until further order to the contrary."

East Sussex bastardy papers, 1594-1845, edited by Burchall, Michael J, published 2009 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17456] & The Keep [LIB/501592][Lib/504798]

Sussex Genealogical Centre 1979-1986, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2009 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXGS, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504796]

including facsimiles of over 1600 typed pages of the 27 editions of The Sussex Genealogist and Local Historian, 10 Occasional Papers, and the 1986 Family History Annual. Compiled by Michael Burchall.

1575-1837 Eastern Sussex Settlement Certificates and Parish Apprentices, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2009 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SCPA, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501591][Lib/504797]

Settlement Certificates and Bonds 1651-1834 and Parish Apprentices 1575-1837 transcribed from original records by Michael Burchall FSG

A Winchelsea tragedy, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 7, article, pp.360-363) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508974] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

By using a combination of local and national records it is often possible to reconstruct part of the dramatic and tragic stories connected with faceless people in the past. Such a story is that of John EAGLES who, according to his own testimony, first appears in Winchelsea about 1813 when he must have been aged about 22. He was a butcher by trade and may have just finished his apprenticeship although where he was born, brought up and apprenticed is not presently known, but he does not appear to have belonged to a local family or to have left Sussex descendants.

Brighton paupers buried in Cambridge, 1885-1920, by Michael Burchall, published December 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 8, article, pp.406-409) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508993] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

One of the lesser known aspects of the workings of the New Poor Law after 1834 was the possibility of burying paupers in parish or municipal cemeteries other than that in which the pauper died. Paupers could be buried in the parish where the Union Workhouse was situated, they could be returned to their home parish or, in cases where the body was unclaimed by relatives, they could be disposed of at the discretion of the governors of the Union Workhouse.

East Sussex Removal Orders, 1662-1862, edited by M. J. Burchall, published 2010 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17452] & The Keep [LIB/501586][Lib/504793]

1658-1853 West Sussex Settlement Certificates & Bonds, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2010 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: WSSCB, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504799]

Transcribed fully and edited by Michael J Burchall FSG from the original records in West Sussex Record Office. They exclude the parishes now in West Sussex which were moved in 1974 from East Sussex, as these are included in the Eastern Sussex Settlement Certificates and Bonds 1651-1834 CD.

Obituary: Pat Stevenage, by Michael Burchall, published September 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 3, article, p.110) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508844] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A lost parish, by Michael Burchall, published December 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 4, article, pp.190-195) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508845] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

From early in the 13th century until the first quarter of the 16th century there existed on the eastern edge of St Leonard's forest to the northeast of Horsham and a couple of miles southwest of Crawley, a parish with a church that has almost been forgotten. The former parish of Shelley extended in a narrow strip north-south and was probably that area which later became known as Crawley detached and which today is part of Crawley parish. It covered Shelley Plain, a narrow piece of land sloping down to a valley on each side - deriving its name from scylf and leah and which gave its name to both the area and a family surnamed Shelley - and extended as far north to what later became an estate called Buchan Hill near Ifield and which today is Cottesmore golf course. Its eastern boundary would seem to have been to the west of the old Brighton Road (A23) bordering an extended tongue of land belonging to Slaugham parish and what must have been the western part of the parish has now been absorbed in Lower Beeding along with the reputed manor and Shelley park. There is evidence that like Ifield and Crawley it lay within the Archdeaconry of Lewes in the 13th century but Shelley's later association and possession by the POYNINGS family of Slaugham has led to much confusion as to exactly under which jurisdiction it lay in medieval times. In 1824 Cartwright's map indicates that the eastern part of the old Shelley parish had been absorbed by Slaugham.

Sussex Nonconformists Registers, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2011 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXNC, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504794]

Over 50 Sussex Nonconformist Chapel pre-1837 Registers - mainly baptisms and burials - transcribed by Michael Burchall from 1977. Set out in alphabetical order by place, then date

The Vienne family in Sussex, by Michael Burchall, published June 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 6, article, pp.279-286) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508847] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The medieval knightly family of VIENNE that was prominent in Sussex in the 13th and 14th centuries has received little attention in the past. A number of county histories have included mention of the family; more recently, Dr T P Hudson has dealt with the family's holding of Cudlow manor, and I have published a short study of Sir Peter de VIENNE as sheriff of Surrey and Sussex.
Edward Hasted suggested in 1798 that the VIENNE family originated from Vienne in Dauphine but it is more likely, in view of the family's early connection with the family of St JOHN of Halnaker who came from St Jean-le-Thomas, Manche, arr.Avranches, that the family originated from Vains, Manche, arr.Avranches, cant.Sartilly.

1767-1799 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SCV7, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508036]

CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Nearly 15,000 persons are named and indexed.

1800-1825 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2012 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: BE03, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/501587][Lib/504792]

A CD arranged by date extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG, from original records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts from Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict and the Punishment. Over 30,000 persons are named and indexed.

1826-1850 Sussex Criminals and Victims, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2013 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SCV9, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507812]

Calendared CD extracted by Michael J Burchall FSG of Quarter Sessions at Chichester, Horsham, Lewes and Petworth from records in East Sussex Record Office. Detailed abstracts listing the Charge, Offenders, Victims, Jurors and the Verdict with the Punishment. It has many more cases than the two CDs covering earlier periods though the same price. The series has up to a quarter of a million names and is word searchable to find a person, crime, location or date etc. An invaluable reference tool for local and family historians and other researchers of this quarter century when Sussex was rapidly changing from a mediaeval to a more modern administration.

Rusper Priory: A Medieval Sussex Benedictine Nunnery, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.366-370) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Very little is known about the small nunnery that was founded by the family of De BRAOSE in the parish of Rusper on the Sussex/Surrey border in the mid-twelfth century and dedicated, like the parish church, to St Mary Magdalene. In 1852 Albert Way contributed an article to Sussex Archaeological Collection and in 1907 Louis Salzmann added some further information. Other authors have made similar, but smaller, comments. The family of De BRAOSE, who had held the Rape of Bramber from about 1070, were small benefactors to the Cluniac Priory of Lewes, the Benedictine Abbey at Battle and the Premonstratensian Abbey of Dureford, all great foundations, and founded the Benedictine Priory of Sele in Beeding parish following a disastrous attempt to found a priory at the gate of their castle at Bramber about 1070.

Transcript of Sussex Assizes 1625-1800, edited by Burchall, Michael J, published 2014 (booklet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18592] & The Keep [LIB/508037]

1552 Sussex Lay Subsidy, compiled by Michael J. Burchall, published 2014 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXLS, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508011]

Transcribed by Michael J Burchall, FSG, from the original records in the National Archives, together with an Introduction and Surname Index as well as Search Instructions and Links to other Websites. Men (and a few women) are listed with their Assessment and Payment which is totalled for each Parish. This tax replaced the earlier relief in Edward VI's reign and was the fourth payment in 1552 of the original tax of 1549. It was levied on goods worth more than Ten Pounds for native-born and double that for foreigners. Aliens (and denizens without moveable goods worth between 20 shillings [£1] and £10) were assessed and paid 12d (pence) in the pound (5%) or a poll tax of 8d per head if they did qualify on moveable goods.

1696 Association Oath Rolls for Sussex and Cinque Ports, compiled by Michael Burchall, published 2014 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXOR, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507893][Lib/507894]

A full transcript of all the Sussex (and Cinque Ports) men who signed an Oath of Allegiance to King William III in 1696 following an attempted assassination. Men (over age 20) including clergy are listed in the place they signed, and only 5% signed by mark. Michael Burchall has transcribed all these signatures from the originals at the National Archives and he writes a full historical introduction and gives a potted biography of major office bearers. Sussex is one of the first counties where names have been abstracted. These Oath Rolls of 1696 fill the gap between the Hearth Tax Lists of the 1660s and the Land Tax Lists of 1785 (extracted by the Sussex Record Society).

1556- 1694 Sussex Church Court Deponents, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2014 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXXDPN, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507813][Lib/507814]

The archives of the Sussex Church Courts are most interesting for local and family historians. Cases (known as Causes) could be brought by individuals or by direct summons from the court. Cases covered tithes, church repairs, pew allocation, probate, morality, matrimony, clergy responsibilities and even bewitching. Michael J Burchall FSG has extracted from the original records in West Sussex Record Office details of people who made depositions which include name, trade, age, birthplace and residences.

1805 West Sussex Land Tax, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2014 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXXLTX, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508012]

Land Tax began in 1692/3 and was made permanent by statute in 1798. It was a tax on personal property including land, houses, shops, wharfs, woods, meadows, mills, tithes, glebes and salaries. Michael Burchall has been transcribing Land Tax Returns since 1973. The 1785 Sussex Returns have been published by Sussex Record Society, so Michael has chosen to abstract returns a generation on, for 1805 for West Sussex from the originals at West Sussex Record Office. The CD lists the Owner, Occupier and Rental, parish by parish.

John Stone: A Sussex Tyburn Victim, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 1, article, pp.20-22) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508980]

On Wednesday 11 May 1715 a Sussex man named John STONE was executed by hanging at Tyburn, near modern day Marble Arch in West London. He had been brought there in one of the three carts from Newgate Prison along with seven other prisoners to suffer for various crimes committed in London and on the scaffold admitted that he had also stolen a silver tankard about two years previously for which David WILFORD had been tried. The carts had been accompanied by the Ordinary of Newgate who, after prayers, the recitation of the Creed and the Lord's Prayer, watched as the carts were drawn away from under the six condemned men and one woman and they were left to die by slow strangulation.

The Early Stophams of West Sussex, by Michael J Burchall, published June 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 2, article, pp.56-61) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508981]

The medieval knightly family of STOPHAM derived from the village of that name in West Sussex. The earliest references are to a Ralph de STOPHAM who was the first witness to a charter of Reginald de WINDSOR, (dapifer to Henry I's widow Queen Adelizia and her second husband William D'AUBIGNY, Earl of Arundel) while he was holding the honour of Petworth, giving the church of Petworth and others to Lewes Priory about 1140. Ralph de STOPHAM also appears sometime later as third witness of Walter de DUNSTANVILLE III's gift of land at Newtimber to Lewes Priory. He or his son Ralph II was a pledge in 1194-4. Ralph was probably the father of Ralph II and Hugh de STOPHAM who before 1190 were witnesses to a deed of his overlord Alan la ZOUCHE. These acts of witnessing were common for knightly families but at this period we have no knowledge of the lands they held other than perhaps that of Stopham manor. The family's later more extensive land holdings over three counties derived from two fortunate marriages.

1815 West Sussex Land Tax, compiled by Michael J Burchall, published 2015 by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SXXLT2, CD-ROM) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508885]

To celebrate the bicentenary, Michael Burchall has transcribed another annual Land Tax for West Sussex, following his previous one for 1805. Full details have been transcribed from digital copies of the handwritten returns at WSRO on over 300 pages and indexed with a useful historical Introduction. Since 1973 Michael Burchall has been transcribing Land Tax returns with other SFHG Members which were published in early editions of the SFHG Journal "Sussex Family Historian" and included East Sussex places from Albourne to Brighton until the enormity of the project overtook them.

Hanged and Gibetted 1799: The Drewett Brothers, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 5, article, pp.215-217) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508855]

On Saturday 13 April 1799 two brothers, William and Robert DREWETT, were hanged for mail robbery on Horsham Common and their bodies were gibbeted on North Heath Common near Midhurst near to the place where the offence had taken place. A part of their story has previously appeared in print: in 1871 a short notice of these events was published in Sussex Archaeological Collections, volume 23, pp.214-5; and Kim Leslie gave more information in Sussex: Tales of the Unexpected (2008), pp.63-65. The purpose of this short article is threefold: to give more details of the two men and their families; to comment on the events; and to correct some errors in the two earlier articles.

Sussex Assizes 1625-1800, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 1, article, pp.10-14) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509161]

In the 1930s William ALBERY (1864-1950) of Horsham made copious extracts from the Sussex Assize records 1560-1800 in the then Public Record Office, London. He made use of these extracts in compiling his Millennium of Facts of The History of Horsham and Sussex 947-1947 which he finished in 1939 but owing to the Second World War this was not published until early in 1947. He used the war years to bring his original work up to date, finding a Saxon charter of 947 that enabled him to write a selective history of Horsham covering a thousand years. ALBERY's 270 pages of notes were typewritten in two copies: one remains in Horsham Museum and the other was given in January 1946 to Brighton Reference Library and has now passed to East Sussex Record Office. It is this latter copy which has been used to make this present work.

1594-1845 East Sussex Bastardy Papers, compiled by Michael Burchall, published (no date) by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SEBP, CD-ROM)

Chronological extracts from East Sussex Record Office by Michael J Burchall FSG

1662-1862 East Sussex Removal Orders, compiled by Michael Burchall, published (no date) by Parish Register Transcription Society (Ref: SERO, CD-ROM)

Approximately 10,000 East Sussex Removal Orders 1662-1862 transcribed from original records by Michael Burchall FSG, mostly at East Sussex Record Office, but also at West Sussex, Kent and Surrey Record Offices. Families are listed in both dispatching and receiving parish